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Manfred (other)
''Manfred'' is a closet drama written in 1816–1817 by Lord Byron. Manfred may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * Manfred (Schumann), ''Manfred'' (Schumann), 1852 incidental music based on the Byron poem * Manfred Symphony, ''Manfred'' Symphony, 1885 symphony by Tchaikovsky based on the Byron poem * Manfred Mann, 1960s English rock band ** The Manfreds, 1990s reunion of former members of Manfred Mann * Manfred, or Manny, List of Ice Age characters, character in ''Ice Age'' People * Manfred (given name), including a list of people with the name * Ebanda Manfred (1935–2003), Cameroonian makossa singer * Edmund Manfred (1856–1941), or E.C. Manfred, Australian architect * Frederick Manfred (1912–1994), American writer of Westerns * Freya Manfred (born 1944), American poet * Marsden Manfred (1888–1951), Australian politician * Rob Manfred (born 1958), American lawyer and baseball executive Other uses * Manfred, North Dakota, a place in the U.S. * Manfred Townshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manfred
''Manfred: A dramatic poem'' is a closet drama written in 1816–1817 by Lord Byron. It contains supernatural elements, in keeping with the popularity of the ghost story in England at the time. It is a typical example of a Gothic fiction. Byron commenced this work in late 1816, a few months after the famous ghost-story sessions with Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley that provided the initial impetus for '' Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus ''. The supernatural references are made clear throughout the poem. ''Manfred'' was adapted musically by Robert Schumann in 1852, in a composition entitled '' Manfred: Dramatic Poem with Music in Three Parts'', and in 1885 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in his '' Manfred Symphony''. Friedrich Nietzsche was inspired by the poem's depiction of a super-human being to compose a piano score in 1872 based on it, "Manfred Meditation". Background Byron wrote this "metaphysical drama", as he called it, after his marriage to Annabella Millban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
